I usually do not talk about my work on this blog, however the case studies in the September issue of Academic Commons were so compelling I could not pass up the opportunity to share it with others. NITLE, my employer, partnered with Academic Commons to promote stellar examples of digital technologies in liberal education. The
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There is an interesting news story in Australia where two young girls, 10 and 12, updated their Facebook status stating that they were lost in storm drains rather than calling emergency services (’000′ down under). Thankfully a friend was online at the time and contacted authorities. There was another famous example of social services coming
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A co-worker and friend tweeted a post on Faculty’s lack of interest in Twitter. Faculty Focus reported it’s results from a survey of 2000 higher education professionals on their use of Twitter. Roughly 69% of the respondents do not use Twitter for personal or classroom use. The sample size may be in question but responses to the
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Dare we say teens are not trendsetters for Twitter? Not too hard to believe according to a reprint from NY Times. It seems that only 11 percent of the Twitter userbase are from those between the ages of 12-17 based on data provided by comScore. This is the same group of people that rely heavily
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Tonight was the start of ConnectED ’09 at Abilene Christian University. ConnectED is centered around the theme of enhancing learning through mobile devices. ACU has made major strides in incorporating mobile technology as part of their campus infrastructure. ACU’s ambitious efforts generated immense traction at the recent EDUCAUSE and judging by the size of the
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